Shall Gothic architecture be denied fair play? Thoughts suggested by reading a pamphlet entitled 'Remarks on a national style, in reference to the proposed Foreign office'.

Shall Gothic architecture be denied fair play? Thoughts suggested by reading a pamphlet entitled 'Remarks on a national style, in reference to the proposed Foreign office'. PDF Author: Gothic architecture
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Languages : en
Pages : 46

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The Battle of the Styles

The Battle of the Styles PDF Author: Bernard Porter
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441174737
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266

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This title explores the controversy surrounding the design of the new Foreign Office in London during Britain's Imperial heyday. In 1855 it was decided to build a new block of government offices in London, starting with the Foreign and War Offices. The government offices competition came at what was probably - looking back on it - the zenith of Britain's confidence as a nation and international power. One would expect the mid-Victorians to have felt, firstly, pride in their current national situation; and secondly, the urge to commemorate this in the most important national building to be projected in twenty years. Porter uses the debates surrounding the building of these important new monuments to interrogate the very fabric of British society, culture and nation building. The discussion on so many issues - religion, nationality, empire, history, modernism, truth, morality, gender - quite apart from considerations of 'pure' aesthetics, offers an unusual, perhaps even unique, insight into the relationship between these matters and the 'culture' of the time.

A Classified Catalogue of the Works on Architecture and the Allied Arts in the Principal Libraries of Manchester and Salford, with Alphabetical Author List and Subject Index

A Classified Catalogue of the Works on Architecture and the Allied Arts in the Principal Libraries of Manchester and Salford, with Alphabetical Author List and Subject Index PDF Author: Manchester (England). Joint Architectural Committee
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 350

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The Publishers' Circular and General Record of British and Foreign Literature

The Publishers' Circular and General Record of British and Foreign Literature PDF Author:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 782

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Catalogue of the art library, South Kensington museum

Catalogue of the art library, South Kensington museum PDF Author: sir John Charles Robinson
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Languages : en
Pages : 348

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The Publishers' Circular and General Record of British Literature

The Publishers' Circular and General Record of British Literature PDF Author:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 780

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Publishers' circular and booksellers' record

Publishers' circular and booksellers' record PDF Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 870

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Publishers' Circular

Publishers' Circular PDF Author:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 902

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The Publishers' Circular

The Publishers' Circular PDF Author: Sampson Low
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 796

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The First Proofs of the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art

The First Proofs of the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art PDF Author: ohne Autor
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3846048313
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1034

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1870.